Grade 10 students at Assumption College School will be participating in the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) on November 4 and 5, 2026.

The OSSLT is a Ministry of Education requirement and a graduation requirement for the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD).  Throughout the school year, teachers and students have been actively preparing for the OSSLT through literacy-focused activities in Grade 10 classes.    

Students have also been provided access to the school’s OSSLT Brightspace page, which contains practice materials, sample questions, and preparation resources.  Families are encouraged to review EQAO’s OSSLT resources and practice materials with their child:

https://www.eqao.com/the-assessments/osslt/ [eqao.com]

OSSLT School Schedule for November 4^th and 5^th

Grade 9 Students

November 4^th  – grade 9s are to participate in Take Your Kid to Work Day

November 5^th  – grade 9s are to attend school and follow their regular schedule. Literacy Skill Diagnostics will take place in period 1 and 2. 

Grade 10 Students

The Grade 10’s will be broken into two groups to write the Literacy Test .  Half the grade 10’s will write the test on Wednesday, November 4^th and the other half of the grade 10’s will write it on Thursday, November 5^th.    Students will be divided based on their Period 1 Grade 10 class.   Students will attend school on one day to write the literacy test and will work asynchronously from home on the alternate day (their non-test writing day). On their scheduled test day, students will write the literacy test with their Period 1 class from 8:50 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Following the test, students will have a common lunch period and then attend their regularly scheduled afternoon classes.

The schedule is outlined below:

Wednesday, November 4, 2026	Thursday, November 5, 2026
Only students in the following Grade 10 classes will attend school and write the OSSLT on Wednesday, November 4th: Mr. Agnolin (ENG2D1)  Mrs. Bertolo-Pacheco (MPM2D1) Mrs. Borges (SNC2D1) Mr. Cinelli (HRE2O1) Mrs. Connolly (ENG2P1) Mr. DaCosta (ADA2O1)  Mr. Daoulas (ENG2L1)  Mr. Fitzgerald (HRE2OA) Mrs. Flanagan (CHC2D1) Mr. Heathfield (MFM2P1)  Mrs. Mercanti (TXJ2O1)	Only students in the following Grade 10 classes will attend school and write the OSSLT on Thursday, November 5th: Mr. Mitchell (SNC2D1) Mme. Pace (FSF2D1) Mr. Petrella (PAL2O7)  Mr. Plant (TEJ2O1) Ms. Rivers (MPM2D1) Mr. Roche (HRE2O1) Mme. Rodger (TFJ2O1) Ms. Santaguida (HRE201) Mr. Vieira (CHC2P1) Mrs. Ristov (TPJ2OE)

Grades 11 and 12

All Grade 11 and Grade 12 students will work asynchronously from home on both November 4^th  and November 5^th.

We encourage all students writing the OSSLT to get a good night’s sleep, eat a healthy breakfast, and arrive at school in proper uniform and ready to do their best.

Thank you for your continued support, should you have any questions regarding the OSSLT, please do not hesitate to contact the school.